Pope John V

Pope John V (635-2 August 686) was Pope from 685 to 686, succeeding Pope Benedict II and preceding Pope Conon.

Biography
Ioannes was born in 635 AD in the province of Antioch in the Byzantine Empire to a family of Greeks. In 680 he was appointed papal legate to the Third Council of Constantinople due to his knowledge of Greek, and in 684 AD he succeeded Pope Benedict II as pope. Due to Benedict's agreement with Emperor Constantine IV of Byzantium, John was the first pope who was consecrated without Byzantine confirmation, and he was also the first of ten consecutive Eastern popes. During his reign, he was generous towards the deacons, giving 1,900 solidi to the clergy, deacons, and mansionarii. He died in 686 after a little over a year of being pope.